Originally Posted by DC Ron
Did somebody say "lush"? Guess I'll have to say it. Lush! Alan, this is really nice! My only complaint is that the song ended before I could drift off to sleep. Ha! Keep up the great musical explorations!


Hi Ron,

Lush? Oh - you weren't referring to a propensity of an excessive intake of alcoholic beverage. Glad I got that out of the way!

Thank you very much for the kind words! I intentionally kept is short as most western ears have a hard time adapting to the sounds created by many of the various Asian instruments. We're used to seven notes in a scale whereas the Chinese scale has only five notes. I think that's true of most Asian music properties. Also, many of the Asian instruments are nor fretted, often making the transitions of notes via a simple slide of the finger on the fretting surface rather than a fretted change. Additionally, chords are generally not perceived in Asian music - they simply use linear notes that, in their opinion, work well together. They don't see them as notes in a chord - just the next note that works according to their ears.

Okay - Beginning Asian Music 101 class is over. Hear the bell ringing?

Glad you enjoyed it, Ron. I appreciate you letting me know. Thanks for the listen!

Alan

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